Monster Race Buggy

[clarkdef]

[You can skip all the boring pictures and writing, at the bottom is a video explaining the gist of the car]

Hello all I have made another R/C Vehicle. This Ride was inspired from GTA San Andreas's Big Foot Truck, I was going to build the monster truck, but I came to the conclusion that my parts were to limited to get the job done, so I thought it would be cool to make a buggy and imagine it in GTA

The buggy has two modes, race and monster, so I built it with both functions in mind and it works well as both. Let's start with the chassis.

It features full suspension that is very tough and is capable, I have put it trough some good hell and nothing has ever separated.

The front sub frame is one an angle held on by rubber mounts, the angle means the buggy can SMASH over any obstacle!!! There is also a flexible skid bumper which also aids to the smashing over of obstacles.

Here is the underside of the front, you can see the skid bumper run under and connect to the unit, a rubber band corrects steering bias

The rear suspension features a anti roll mechanism and a wheelie bar to prevent flips (It does need it)

The Lipo battery and unit. The unit is good chassis brace, if you were to build full fleshed out models it would be good to have at your center. The battery weighs 40g and produces 8.2v at max charge the high drain capabilities means there is no voltage sage either. IMO Lipo is the only way to go.

Here's the Racing Buggy with it's gray bumper minus wheelie bar.

Swap out some parts to create the Monster Buggy!

The Monster Buggy is awesome and feels very capable, it's my fleshed out function wise compared to the old Lego R/C racers, featuring more custom type suspension, superior bumpers and bad a$$ performance that is able to honestly scale things rock crawlers would be envious of

The goal was to create a big, ugly, bouncy, fun vehicle... I achieved this goal!

Here is that video, watch it fast it has a licensed song which I think may get it cut from youtube

Sorry about the typos I am in a rush to go movies!

[piterx]

cool performances man!

i prefer the one with normal tyres! well done!

[legomuppet9]

Awesome buggy good job Personally I prefer the Racing Buggy

[Doc_Brown]

This is crazy good man! Great job! :thumbup:

Very fast and tough as, and I don't think its that bad looking to be honest.

Could you post more detail pics of the the front suspension design?

Did you come up with that anti sway bar design yourself?

[skriblez]

Really cool buggy! Can see something like this catching on with a lot of people.

[Rishab N]

Nice buggy. I also prefer the racing one

[SNIPE]

Wow that is unbelivably strong and fast

What motors and power pack does it use?

[JM1971]

Impressive, really good tracking and suspension, but how many uni-joints have you popped

[MrNumbskull13]

Extremely good performance! :D

[clarkdef]

This is crazy good man! Great job! :thumbup:

Very fast and tough as, and I don't think its that bad looking to be honest.

Could you post more detail pics of the the front suspension design?

Did you come up with that anti sway bar design yourself?

No,no, I ripped it off from an F1 design I ain't smart enough to come up with something like that

Really cool buggy! Can see something like this catching on with a lot of people.

I need to do it with PF or one of us does, not everyone can own those units. Maybe they will bring out a high range control system next year!

Wow that is unbelivably strong and fast

What motors and power pack does it use?

Thanks, Buggy motors 5292 I think.

Impressive, really good tracking and suspension, but how many uni-joints have you popped

None! How awesome is that, the only thing to come off the car was the cage!

[Thirdwigg]

Very Cool design.

[Lakop]

That's a great buggy, the stabiliser wheel at the rear was a good idea as I can see it toppling over when you get carried away with it. It's strong too. Those motors need to make a comeback.

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[Kwon]

Outstanding! i like that ;)

[Gene]

Very nice buggy!

[Zerobricks]

The Lipo sure rocks! Great work.

[Milan]

Maybe you should try combination of big tires at the back and small ones at the front.

Great buggy. Awesome performance!

[JM1971]

Have you tried it on a Evel Knievel style ramp? I bet it could jump quite a distance.

[clarkdef]

Maybe you should try combination of big tires at the back and small ones at the front.

Great buggy. Awesome performance!

Yes that is a good idea, I need more of those 3 pin wheels.

Have you tried it on a Evel Knievel style ramp? I bet it could jump quite a distance.

No, but I will, I will film it too . I don't think it's fast enough to make a great jump though

[N-4K0]

Cool buggy

[Technyk32231]

Why are your Power Puller rims missing the cross-section? It just looks like a pinhole in the center of the wheel.

[clarkdef]

Why are your Power Puller rims missing the cross-section? It just looks like a pinhole in the center of the wheel.

Not sure if I understand what you mean? The rear ones are turned around so they fit on the crawler hubs, and they don't have the big tyres on, that's because of the high weight, but other than that not sure I know what you mean???

[Junpei]

I think he means the center 'axle hole'. Its like the inside of the new 6 hole rims, you can't even click a pin into it. Seems kinda pointless, I don't see why they don't just put axle holes all the way through.

[clarkdef]

Why are your Power Puller rims missing the cross-section? It just looks like a pinhole in the center of the wheel.

Ok yes now I understand. They are not missing the cross section, it is there, the cross simply goes half way through and what's left looks like a pin hole, but it isn't.